Links to international dental regulators and accreditation bodies that Council has working relationships with.
Dental Council has been instrumental in the establishment of a new global membership organisation established in early 2014 - the International Society of Dental Regulators (ISDR). Membership consists of dental regulators, and dental examination and accreditation bodies.
The ISDR supports the purposes of dental regulation through scientific, educational and collaborative activities, and encourages best practices among dental regulatory authorities worldwide in the achievement of their mandate of protecting, promoting, and maintaining the health and safety of the public by ensuring proper standards for the dental professions.
The ISDR primary objectives are:
The ISDR had its inaugural conference in October 2013.
Dental Council Chief Executive, Marie Warner is Chair of the ISDR. The secretariat services for ISDR is run by Irwin Fefergrad of Ontario.
The ISDR founding members, as at October 2016, are:
Regulators
The Royal College of Dentists of Canada
Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario
Ordre National des Chirurgiens
Examination and accreditation bodies
The National Dental Examining Board of Canada
Korean Institute of Dental Education and Evaluation
Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada
Health Professions Council of South Africa